Screen Actors Guild Awards Fast Facts

January 25, 2015 – The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are presented by live simulcast on TNT and TBS.

The nominees and winners are chosen by the members of the Screen Actors Guild.

Two panels (film and television), each comprised of 2,200 randomly chosen members, select the nominees. All 100,000 active members of the SAG-AFTRA may vote for winners in all categories.

The winners receive The Actor, the statuette for outstanding performance.

2015 Winners:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Eddie Redmayne – “The Theory of Everything”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Julianne Moore – “Still Alice”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
J.K. Simmons – “Whiplash”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Patricia Arquette – “Boyhood”

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
“Birdman”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Mark Ruffalo – “The Normal Heart”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Frances McDormand – “Olive Kitteridge”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Kevin Spacey – “House of Cards”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Viola Davis – “How to Get Away with Murder”

— Julie Bowen – “Modern Family”

— Edie Falco – “Nurse Jackie”

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus- “Veep”

— Amy Poehler – “Parks and Recreation”

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
— “Boardwalk Empire”

— “Downton Abbey”

— “Game of Thrones”

— “Homeland”

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
— “The Big Bang Theory”

— “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”

— “Modern Family”

— “Orange is the New Black”

— “Veep”

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